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US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on 29 December 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Politics

Will the Gaza ceasefire make it to phase two?

US President Donald Trump warmly greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida this week as the two leaders put…

Brian Katulis 30 December , 2025
Opinion

Egypt braces for tough regional tests in 2026

Egyptians will look back on 2025 as a year of geopolitical turbulence, as the country sought to navigate escalating conflicts and shifting regional…

Amr Emam 30 December , 2025

Egypt braces for tough regional tests in 2026

Egyptians will look back on 2025 as a year of geopolitical turbulence, as the country sought to navigate escalating conflicts and shifting regional…

30 December , 2025
The visible and invisible wars of 2025 Al Majalla
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The visible and invisible wars of 2025

The global conflict landscape in 2025 is more volatile—and more discreet—than at any point in recent decades. Much of today’s geopolitical…

Al Majalla - London 30 December , 2025
Lightning speed: 25 years of evolving telecoms Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Lightning speed: 25 years of evolving telecoms

Young people today would find it hard to believe that their parents or grandparents could once only stay in touch with people through a fixed-line…

Abdulfattah Khattab 30 December , 2025
25 years of American policy in the Middle East Andrei Cojocaru
Politics

25 years of American policy in the Middle East

America's overarching goal in the region is to ensure a secure Israel and US-friendly neighbouring states with which it can establish commercial ties…

Robert Ford 30 December , 2025
Opinion

The 'new Syria': 2025 reflections and 2026 hopes

For Syrians, 2025 was unlike any year before it. It was Syria's first year without Assad rule, during which father and son governed with an iron grip…

Alia Mansour 29 December , 2025
Standout Arabic novels of 2025: stories of belonging Al Majalla
Culture & Social Affairs

Standout Arabic novels of 2025: stories of belonging

The Arabic novel in 2025 followed a variety of rich and dynamic directions. Some tackled contemporary life—its realities, tragedies, and evolving…

Ibrahim Adel 29 December , 2025
A world transformed: geopolitics in the first quarter of the 21st century AFP-Reuters-Al Majalla
Politics

A world transformed: geopolitics in the first quarter of the 21st century

The first quarter of the 21st century is coming to an end, and global politics looks quite different to how it did when crowds gathered across the…

Christopher Phillips 29 December , 2025
Netanyahu-Trump to discuss stage two of Gaza truce
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Netanyahu-Trump to discuss stage two of Gaza truce

Fares Garabet 29 December , 2025
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The tiny waterway that put the global economy into a chokehold

18 April 2026

Disruption in the Hormuz can have major implications for global trade, but it also creates opportunities for smaller nations like Iran to become global political players

Steve Hewitt
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Glimpses of Bush's Iraq debacle appear in Trump's Iran war

15 April 2026

The Iraq war was viewed as disastrous in retrospect, while the Iran war was unpopular from the get-go. Al Majalla highlights the similarities and differences between the two.

Robert Ford
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The US plan to turn Syria into an oil transit hub

16 April 2026

Pipelines have a chequered history in the Middle East, but the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led US Tom Barrack to conclude that a new route through Syria could solve some problems.

Al Majalla - London
An Iranian woman flashes the V-sign as she takes part in a rally to pay tribute to women killed during war, in Tehran on 17 April 2026. AFP
Politics

Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

16 April 2026

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka
Egyptian director Daoud Abdel Sayed holds two awards during the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival for Mediterranean Countries in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, late on 14 September 2010. AMR AHMAD / AFP
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Daoud Abdel Sayed and the cinema of quiet rebellion

16 April 2026

Throughout his career, the renowned Egyptian film director challenged authority, rejected easy answers, and remained rooted in lived experience

Hazem Massoud

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